Union Square to Lose More Stores: North Face to Close, Burberry Puts Building Up for Sale

Published on March 9, 2024

Outdoor recreation company The North Face and British luxury retailer Burberry are planning to vacate their Union Square properties, becoming the latest companies to flee San Francisco’s downtown shopping district, according to reports. North Face company officials said it would close its retail outlet March 31, according to SF Gate, a local online news source. The recreation retailer was established as a mountaineering retail store in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood in 1966 by hiking enthusiasts Douglas and Susie Tompkins. In 1968, it moved to the Berkeley area and began designing and manufacturing its own brand of technical mountaineering apparel and equipment, according to the company’s website....

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